Log the time of JS operations

logtime.js

var logtime = (function() {
  var ids = {};

  return function(id) {
    if (!ids[id]) {
      ids[id] = +new Date();
      return;
    }

    var time = +new Date() - ids[id];
    delete ids[id];

    console.log(id + ': ' + time + 'ms');
    return time;
  }
}());

usage.js

logtime('foo');
doSomethingExpensive();
logtime('foo'); // console logs the time between calls to logtime('foo')

This should accomplish the same thing without a custom function...

console.time('foo');
doSomethingExpensive();
console.timeEnd('foo');

you can also use console.profile() and console.profileEnd() for a more detailed report on what inner function calls are actually the ones taking those precious milliseconds

All well and good until you're in IE8. And coupled with some less-inspired code we're talking seconds, not milliseconds!

Extending console for this stuff might be smarter, though.